22And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-27)Observe here, I. Orders given for the bringing back of Absalom. The errand on which the woman came to David was so agreeable, and her management of it so very ingenious and surprising, that he was brought into a peculiarly kind humour: Go (says he to Joab), bring the young man Absalom again , 2 Sam. 14:21. He was himself inclined to favour him, yet, for the honour of his justice, he would not do i…
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